U.S. Marine Corps


Preparing for Business Battles? Learn Some Lessons from the Marines

Wharton Leadership Ventures, a program of the school's Center for Leadership and Change ...  Read story

Corps Values

The U.S. Marines are trained to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information, in life-or-death situations. Can they provide clues to running a...  Read story

Managing on the Front Lines

What the Marine Corps has learned about management from the Iraq War.  Read story

Managing from A to Z

Looking for a metaphor for business? As our A-to-Z compendium of similes and analogies will show, any metaphor you can think of has probably been used before.  Read story

Character and Caring: Business Lessons from Three Military Officers

Military metaphors abound in the world of business. Companies rarely enter new markets; they usually "invade" them. When businesses ponder geographic expa...  Read story

The Art of the Woman Warrior

Two former Marines offer management training strictly for businesswomen.  Read story

How I Did It: Steven Sliwa, CEO and president, The Insitu Group

As told to Kasey Wehrum Industry: Defense 2006 Inc. 500 Ranking: ...  Read story

In a Former Life: Chris Rooney

CHRIS ROONEY, 58 Present life: Rooney is the CEO of Cignal Global Communications Inc., a three-year-old teleco...  Read story

Onward Through the Fog

Inc.'s editor-in-chief reviews General A.M. Gray's book 'Warfighting,' and finds it a must read.  Read story

Mentors for Life

When I cofounded a computer-networking consulting company five years ago, I was fortunate to have had assistance from other entrepreneurs. They are my "me...  Read story

Got Guts?

An interview with Bob Lutz, the former vice-chairman of Chrysler. Lutz describes common mistakes companies make when designing new products and explains what...  Read story

Preemptive Strike

They don't have any sales -- or anything to sell, for that matter. But that hasn't stopped the five souls who make up Red Eye Arms Inc. from shaking up C...  Read story

Private Lives;

Seven decades after its founding, a family business repositions itself for growth.  Read story

Search: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2002 edition of the best business stories, the art of interference, and a Web site that serves as a CEO refresher course.  Read story

Waking Up to War

Here, Inc.com assembles its most recent articles on the Iraq war, as well as some timeless pieces on leadership and managing in times o...  Read story

Waking Up to War

Here, Inc.com assembles its most recent articles on the Iraq war, as well as some timeless pieces on leadership and managing in times ...  Read story

Waking Up to War

Here, Inc.com assembles its most recent articles on the Iraq war, as well as some timeless pieces on leadership and managing in times ...  Read story

Waking Up to War

Here, Inc.com assembles its most recent articles on the Iraq war, as well as some timeless pieces on leadership and managing in times ...  Read story

Per Diem Allowances

Related Terms: Expense Accounts The term "pe...  Read story

Notes From The Guest Register

Inc.'s editor relates memorable quotes from business owners who've dropped by the office for lunch; plus, he addresses the fear many entrepreneurs have that ...  Read story

The Company That Grew Too Fast

The thing about growth is that you have to finance it. And that, as Brian Le Gette learned the hard way with one-time Inc. 500 company 180s, can be tricky.  Read story

What's Next: Mistakes Were Made

When your company screws up, don't hide it. Blog about it. And let everyone learn from the error.  Read story

Southern Comfort: Savannah's Squares and Parks

Our guide to Savannah's top attractions continues.  Read story

The Best of Inc.

1. The Coolest Small Company in America Read story

Grabbing a Piece of the Defense-Spending Pie

A look at seven Inc. 500 companies that sell technology and services to the Pentagon  Read story

FYI: Redesigning the CEO

Inc.'s editor looks at how companies use creativity as a competitive advantage; Britain's equivalent of the Inc. 500; and CEOs who've profited by selling and...  Read story

Pulp Addiction

A close-up look at the struggles one job-placement firm endured as it moved toward a paperless workplace.  Read story

Dressed for Success

Inc. magazine's editor-in-chief discusses ZapMe CEO Rick Inatome's new look, new online competitors to traditional small businesses, ethics question...  Read story

The 5% Solution

The founder and CEO of PSS/World Medical Inc. explains how he keeps his company poised for future growth by maintaining a reserve sales force of 50 reps--5% ...  Read story

Let the Good Times Roll

Sure, your employees are challenged and fulfilled. But are they having fun? Andrew Raskin describes his efforts to create a truly competitive levity package ...  Read story

Racket Busters

Ed Cornwell unsuccessfully tried incorporating his ferroconcrete into boat-building and fireproofing materials before finally settling on a sound idea: noise...  Read story

EMC founder Richard Egan Dies

The cofounder of data-storage giant EMC was 73  Read story

Industries In Transition

Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base.  Read story

A Night At The Movies

At a time when most theater owners can't pry people away from their VCRs, Charlie Chick has got them driving 40 minutes for the flicks.  Read story

Company, Halted

What happens to a business when the owner is called to duty?  Read story

How I Did It: Bob Williamson - Horizon Software

Once a homeless drug abuser, he's now king of the cafeteria.  Read story

Straight to the Source

Reviews of eight new business books -- five on leadership secrets from historical figures, one chronicling the story of the first computer, and two delineati...  Read story

The Best Small Companies to Work for

Profile of the best small companies to work for and their secrets to building a great workplace.  Read story

Now Hear This

Carl Amari tells how he turned his love for old-time radio shows into Radio Spirits Inc., an Inc. 500 company.  Read story

Data Duty

The founder of Hire Quality recounts how he turned his business around by learning to manage information instead of people.  Read story

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